Archive for April 2009

Posted 8 April 2009 Source: cnbc.com Link:http://www.cnbc.com/id/30106560 The 30-year mortgage rate could fall to nearly 4 percent by the end of the year as both the economy and housing market make a slow recovery, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch said.  Efforts to ease monetary policy combined with a general weakening of the economy will combine to [...]

I have a buyer that was looking to see a new listing that came up for sale.  I called the office per the showing instructions to set up the showing.  The showing instructions said that the seller only wanted showings after a certain hour of the day.  Since we respected this request, I figured we [...]

Here is the current snap-shot of the Franklin Wisconsin Single Family Home Real Estate Market. There have been 29 home sales through the 1st quarter of 2009. A break down of the quarter by month yielded 9 sales in January, 7 in February, and 13 in March. There are currently 161 active listings in the [...]

Source: Real Estate Section Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 5 April 2009

In the post-meltdown world, mortgage applicants face higher credit standards, lower appraisals and more scrutiny By: Joe Taschler of the Journal Sentinel Posted: 21 March 2009 Source: Front Page Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 3/22/09 Link: http://www.jsonline.com/business/41637852.html After 22 years in a Sussex apartment, Jim and Kristin Moscicke decided it was time to buy their first home. [...]

Many people think they know what needs to be done to display their home in its best light.  One thing that first comes to most peoples minds is to declutter and simplify each room in a home prior to listing and marketing it.  I have a client that held a rummage sale the week prior [...]

Filings rise 29% in Wisconsin over first quarter of 2008 Source:Business Section Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 4/4/09 Link: http://www.jsonline.com/business/42459102.html By: Paul Gores of the Journal Sentinel Posted: Apr. 3, 2009 With job losses mounting in Wisconsin during the first quarter, foreclosure filings in the state shot up 29%.  There were 7,497 new foreclosure actions started in [...]